Tag: retirement

house roof

Retirees’ primary sources of income are the usual suspects: Social Security and employer retirement plans. They rarely use a third option: the equity locked up in their homes. The Urban Institute recently quantified how much this untapped equity could be worth to seniors in the United States and 10 European countries if it were converted…

Pumpkins

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